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James Arthur Dixon

In memory of:

Private James Arthur Dixon

September 7, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

181104

Age:

23

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

16th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Joseph and Emma Dixon of Millstream, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 78 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

VIII. F. 7.

Location:

Courcelette is a village some 10 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert, just off the D929 road to Bapaume. The Courcelette British Cemetery is approximately 1 kilometre west of the village on the south side of a track, suitable for cars, from the secondary road from Courcelette to Pozieres. The route is signposted in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 687 of 1084. His grave was located ¾ mile North of Pozieres, 4 ¼ miles North East of Albert. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY (also known as Mouquet Road or Sunken Road Cemetery).

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Deuel to Domoney. Microform Sequence 28; Volume Number 31829_B016737. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 172. Page 687 of 1084. His grave was located ¾ mile North of Pozieres, 4 ¼ miles North East of Albert. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and re-interred in COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY (also known as Mouquet Road or Sunken Road Cemetery).
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y280uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping
    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of November 2, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y280uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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